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What You Can’t See Can Hurt You – Is Your Supply Chain Really Transparent?

Logility

Incidents like the Rana Plaza factory collapse in Bangladesh have led to new laws, but laws are not always followed which makes it incumbent upon your business to ensure your supply chain is ethical. Transparency, or lack thereof, carries a huge reputational risk for companies. The stakes are high. Supply chains are opaque.

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Logistics Execs Split on Outcome of NAFTA Talks

Material Handling & Logistics

In the 50 country rankings, Brazil slips two spots to No. India and China are the logistics industry’s favorite investment destinations, but Vietnam leads a second group that includes UAE, Brazil and Indonesia. Infrastructure and transport rankings fell for Kazakhstan, Sri Lanka, Colombia, Brazil, Thailand and Kuwait. --In

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Collaboration: The New Battle Cry of Supply Chain

Supply Chain Network

In fact, all of the BRIC countries are now in the top 10 economies, with Brazil at 9, Russia at 6, India at 4 and China 2nd. As a result, more companies are investing heavily in countries like China and Brazil. Bangladesh, Cambodia, and Vietnam experienced similar wage-related strikes and walkouts. How technology can help.

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Global Wide Production PMI Levels Unchanged in February 2024

Supply Chain Matters

Output reportedly rose in China, India, Brazil and the United States , while declines continued in the Eurozone , Japan and the United Kingdom. For the first time in many months, report authors identified export order demands originating countries as being Australia, Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, China, Europe, Indonesia and the United States.

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Supply Chain Professional Do’s and Don’ts during the Pandemic!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Consider other possible regional opportunities for the future (such as Vietnam, Bangladesh, etc.), Keep in mind that political protests that disrupted business recently were not limited to strictly Hong Kong and China, but also happened in Latin America, Middle East, Brazil, India and Mexico as well.

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Digitizing the COVID Vaccine: India’s Got This Figured Out

NC State SCRC

They are also supplying Brazil and South Africa commercially with vaccines. The manufacturing capacity for vaccines in India is massive: The Serum Institute produces 50M vaccines per month in a single plant, and can produce 1.5B

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The Pullback From China: Will it Be Harder for SMEs?

Logistics Bureau

Some of the most notable include: Steve Madden , shoe and bag retailer: Moving production to Cambodia, Brazil, Mexico, and Vietnam. US import tariffs and the desire to diversify manufacturing locations are the key drivers of the move, which will see some of the company’s production transferred to Indonesia, Vietnam, Bangladesh, and Cambodia.

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